Australian café has 3 simple rules, however it’s the 2nd rule that’s causing a stir especially if you’re a guy – PB/TK
Café charges men 18% ‘gender tax’ to highlight pay gap – By Julia Jones / Aug 8 2017
A café in Melbourne, Australia, is giving its male customers a side of gender equity with their lattes.
At Handsome Her, men are asked to pay an 18% premium to “reflect the gender pay gap.” Men earn an average 17.7% more than women for full-time work in Australia, a government report found. The difference is roughly the same in the United States.
The café, which opened its doors for the first time Thursday, is hoping to shine a spotlight on the issue.
“All we really wanted was to raise awareness and start conversations about the gender gap,” Belle Ngien, the cafe’s manager, told CNN. The voluntary donations are collected during one week every month and given to women’s charities, Ngien said.
But it didn’t take long for the Internet to go crazy over the scheme, with some calling Handsome Her’s “gender tax” discriminatory.
Continue to cnn.com article: http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/08/world/cafe-gender-pay-gap-trnd/index.html
